This was bound to happen sooner or later — It seems that a 911 call center in Iowa has announced that they will now be allowing the public to send SMS messages instead of actually calling them.

There is a catch, however, as only i wireless subscribers in Black Hawk County can use the SMS support. As for everyone else in Iowa, support most likely isn’t very far off.

SMS messages to notify 911 would prove to be very useful when making noise would put you in danger so let’s hope it catches on in other parts of the US.

Read (USA Today)

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